Revisiting potential associations between brain morphology, fear acquisition and extinction through new data and a literature review
Ehlers M, Nold J, Kuhn M, Klingelhöfer-Jens M, Lonsdorf T (2020)
Scientific Reports 10(1): 19894.
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Inter-individual differences in defensive responding are widely established but their morphological correlates in humans have not been investigated exhaustively. Previous studies reported associations with cortical thickness of the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, insula and medial orbitofrontal cortex as well as amygdala volume in fear conditioning studies. However, these associations are partly inconsistent and often derived from small samples. The current study aimed to replicate previously reported associations between physiological and subjective measures of fear acquisition and extinction and brain morphology. Structural magnetic resonance imaging was performed on 107 healthy adults who completed a differential cued fear conditioning paradigm with 24 h delayed extinction while skin conductance response (SCR) and fear ratings were recorded. Cortical thickness and subcortical volume were obtained using the software Freesurfer. Results obtained by traditional null hypothesis significance testing and Bayesians statistics do not support structural brain-behavior relationships: Neither differential SCR nor fear ratings during fear acquisition or extinction training could be predicted by cortical thickness or subcortical volume in regions previously reported. In summary, the current pre-registered study does not corroborate associations between brain morphology and inter-individual differences in defensive responding but differences in experimental design and analyses approaches compared to previous work should be acknowledged.
Inter-individual differences in defensive responding are widely established but their morphological correlates in humans have not been investigated exhaustively. Previous studies reported associations with cortical thickness of the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex, insula and medial orbitofrontal cortex as well as amygdala volume in fear conditioning studies. However, these associations are partly inconsistent and often derived from small samples. The current study aimed to replicate previously reported associations between physiological and subjective measures of fear acquisition and extinction and brain morphology. Structural magnetic resonance imaging was performed on 107 healthy adults who completed a differential cued fear conditioning paradigm with 24 h delayed extinction while skin conductance response (SCR) and fear ratings were recorded. Cortical thickness and subcortical volume were obtained using the software Freesurfer. Results obtained by traditional null hypothesis significance testing and Bayesians statistics do not support structural brain-behavior relationships: Neither differential SCR nor fear ratings during fear acquisition or extinction training could be predicted by cortical thickness or subcortical volume in regions previously reported. In summary, the current pre-registered study does not corroborate associations between brain morphology and inter-individual differences in defensive responding but differences in experimental design and analyses approaches compared to previous work should be acknowledged.
Erscheinungsjahr
2020
Zeitschriftentitel
Scientific Reports
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10
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1
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19894
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2045-2322
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https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2985470
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Ehlers M, Nold J, Kuhn M, Klingelhöfer-Jens M, Lonsdorf T. Revisiting potential associations between brain morphology, fear acquisition and extinction through new data and a literature review. Scientific Reports. 2020;10(1): 19894.
Ehlers, M., Nold, J., Kuhn, M., Klingelhöfer-Jens, M., & Lonsdorf, T. (2020). Revisiting potential associations between brain morphology, fear acquisition and extinction through new data and a literature review. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 19894. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76683-1
Ehlers, Mana, Nold, Janne, Kuhn, Manuel, Klingelhöfer-Jens, Maren, and Lonsdorf, Tina. 2020. “Revisiting potential associations between brain morphology, fear acquisition and extinction through new data and a literature review”. Scientific Reports 10 (1): 19894.
Ehlers, M., Nold, J., Kuhn, M., Klingelhöfer-Jens, M., and Lonsdorf, T. (2020). Revisiting potential associations between brain morphology, fear acquisition and extinction through new data and a literature review. Scientific Reports 10:19894.
Ehlers, M., et al., 2020. Revisiting potential associations between brain morphology, fear acquisition and extinction through new data and a literature review. Scientific Reports, 10(1): 19894.
M. Ehlers, et al., “Revisiting potential associations between brain morphology, fear acquisition and extinction through new data and a literature review”, Scientific Reports, vol. 10, 2020, : 19894.
Ehlers, M., Nold, J., Kuhn, M., Klingelhöfer-Jens, M., Lonsdorf, T.: Revisiting potential associations between brain morphology, fear acquisition and extinction through new data and a literature review. Scientific Reports. 10, : 19894 (2020).
Ehlers, Mana, Nold, Janne, Kuhn, Manuel, Klingelhöfer-Jens, Maren, and Lonsdorf, Tina. “Revisiting potential associations between brain morphology, fear acquisition and extinction through new data and a literature review”. Scientific Reports 10.1 (2020): 19894.
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